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. >> to want to talk about the nation's deficit, the fiscal cliff, debt. given national debt of $16 trillion. we are facing difficult with. all that has, left as has what do we do about it? there has been more talk about could the two parties do a grand bargain? something like you might see with the simpson bowles commission theory where it is a policy that says it will have $3 a dose spending cuts for every $1 in tax revenue increases. we are going to cut tax rates and eliminate possible deductions. cut entitlements. it will be pain involved but it will work money off the debt. could you support that? >> of my own plans on the table. i want to be able to put in the same thing i did when i was governor. a proposal that said every state agency had to take a 5% reduction and then redesign the department terry apple to the same thing to the federal government. -- and then redesign their departments. iw an want to do the same thingo the federal government. if you give secretaries the power to reduce their budget or take 5% and say reorganize their budget, it w
. >> to want to talk about the nation's deficit, the fiscal cliff, debt. given national debt of $16 trillion. we are facing difficult with. all that has, left as has what do we do about it? there has been more talk about could the two parties do a grand bargain? something like you might see with the simpson bowles commission theory where it is a policy that says it will have $3 a dose spending cuts for every $1 in tax revenue increases. we are going to cut tax rates and eliminate possible...
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we went from surplus to a deficit in 2001. >> how? would you like to >> she has misstated just about everything. first, the debt has gone up from $6 trillion to $16 trillion when she has been in office. patton dollar trillion increased. -- that is a $10 trillion increase. i never put in a tax bill to give anybody a tax break of anything right now. my tax bill that i put out is basically if you want all the itemized deductions and exemptions, fine. if you want a flat tax without a skimming or scanning the system, you can do it in the halftime between the green bay packers and the chicago bears. you go in and put down the gross revenue, but your tax in promise ended in, and still have enough time to go to the refrigerator and get a beer and come back and watched the second half. so you have that opportunity. the third thing, she forgets i was running the department of help. i was not in the department of revenue. i was not in passing tax things. she was in the government. she has a tremendous idea that all these happened without hurting
we went from surplus to a deficit in 2001. >> how? would you like to >> she has misstated just about everything. first, the debt has gone up from $6 trillion to $16 trillion when she has been in office. patton dollar trillion increased. -- that is a $10 trillion increase. i never put in a tax bill to give anybody a tax break of anything right now. my tax bill that i put out is basically if you want all the itemized deductions and exemptions, fine. if you want a flat tax without a...
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i think the deficit would go up a lot for a while. we would get growth. but i'm not sure it would be anything like we saw under reagan. there is so much debt out there. there is so many headwinds. there's europe, the a administration would do less on cutting taxes if at all and probably raise spending. that's really where the difference is between the two. one of them wants a smaller government. one of them sees the government doing more things. that's a big difference. >> you know more than i do. quick answer, do you think either of them will get the 12 million jobs in four years that they're promising? >> it would be a very good outcome. i think it's a long shot, frankly. >> your answer is smarter than mine. i said i'd wear a dress for a week if it happened. you're in less danger. thanks very much for being with us. >>> let's get back to ohio. let's get back to the auto bailout. president obama bailed out the auto industry. mitt romney says the bailed out auto companies are using that money to ship jobs to china. we'll get to the bottom of what really h
i think the deficit would go up a lot for a while. we would get growth. but i'm not sure it would be anything like we saw under reagan. there is so much debt out there. there is so many headwinds. there's europe, the a administration would do less on cutting taxes if at all and probably raise spending. that's really where the difference is between the two. one of them wants a smaller government. one of them sees the government doing more things. that's a big difference. >> you know more...
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you know that he promised bipartisanship and to reduce the deficit by half. you know that he was going to give us accountable government. he said he would reduce the health insurance by $2,500. today we have -- we had promises of economic recovery. this president today has not delivered on his promises of 2008. that is reason enough to have him not be president of united states. he has not delivered. [applause] it is very clear that america cannot afford four more years obamanomics. and the abuse of power by pointing many of his own party and executive orders be on the constitution. -- beyond the constitution. we will have a new president obama -- pardon me, i mean, president runomney. $814 steel is that did not work. -- stimulous that did not work. worst economic problems america has faced since world war ii. 23 million people looking for full-time jobs. under an employment a 40% of the economy. -- underemployment making up 40% of the economy. many people on food stamps. that is the failure, but americans are not quitters. we can turn the ship around and we
you know that he promised bipartisanship and to reduce the deficit by half. you know that he was going to give us accountable government. he said he would reduce the health insurance by $2,500. today we have -- we had promises of economic recovery. this president today has not delivered on his promises of 2008. that is reason enough to have him not be president of united states. he has not delivered. [applause] it is very clear that america cannot afford four more years obamanomics. and the...
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ends up shooting the deficit up. so we though what the right choice is, but face it, governor romney is a talented salesman. in this campaign, he is trying as hard as he can to repackage these same policies and offer them up as change. we know what change looks like. and what the governor is offering ain't it. giving more power back the biggest banks is not change. another $5 trillion tax cut that favors the wealthy is not change. refusing to answer questions about the details of your policies until after the election, that is not change. we have seen that before. all right. we have seen that before. ruling out compromise by pledging to rubber stamp the tea party's agenda in congress is not change. and by the way, when you try to change the facts, just because they are inconvenient to the campaign is definitely not change. trying to massage the facts, you know, that is not change. that's just -- we, look, we have been seeing this out of governor romney and the friends over the past few weeks, right here in o ohio. u
ends up shooting the deficit up. so we though what the right choice is, but face it, governor romney is a talented salesman. in this campaign, he is trying as hard as he can to repackage these same policies and offer them up as change. we know what change looks like. and what the governor is offering ain't it. giving more power back the biggest banks is not change. another $5 trillion tax cut that favors the wealthy is not change. refusing to answer questions about the details of your policies...
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he promised to cut the deficit in half, he doubled it. how about his budget? it failed to win a single vote either republican or democrat in either house of the congress. he said he would reform medicare and social security and save them from pending insol venssi but he shrunk from proposing any solution at all. where are the jobs? where are the 9 million more jobs his stimulus would have created by now? they're in china, mexico, canada, in countries that have made themselves more attract tive while obama's policies have made it less attract tive here. his campaign tries to minimize the failures and to make this election about small shiney objects. it matters more than that. it matters to your family and the senior who needs an appointment met by a receptionist saying medicare isn't taking any patients i. it matters to the man in wisconsin i spoke with a few days ago and he used to have a job at there are 25 an hour with benefits and now has one at $8 an hour without benefits. it matters to the college student with $20,000 of student debt who now learns she'll
he promised to cut the deficit in half, he doubled it. how about his budget? it failed to win a single vote either republican or democrat in either house of the congress. he said he would reform medicare and social security and save them from pending insol venssi but he shrunk from proposing any solution at all. where are the jobs? where are the 9 million more jobs his stimulus would have created by now? they're in china, mexico, canada, in countries that have made themselves more attract tive...
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so we could reduce our deficit and invest in the skills and ideas of our people. and you know, at the time the republican congress and a senate candidate by the name of mitt romney vote -- they said that bill clinton's plan would hurt the economy and kill jobs. does that sound familiar? that's what they said. it turns out their math was just as bad back then as it is now. because -- because by the end of bill clinton's second term, america had created 23 million new jobs and a incomes were up and poverty was down, and our deficit had turned into a surplus. so wisconsin, we know what ideas work. we know our ideas work. and we know that their ideas don't work. we know it. and the reason we know it is we just tried it a few years ago. after bill clinton was out of office, they tried their ideas. we tried giving big tax cuts to the wealthiest americans. we tried giving insurance companies and wall street a free rein to do whatever they play. what we got is falling incomes, record deficits, slowest job growth in 50 years and an economic crisis that we're still cleaning
so we could reduce our deficit and invest in the skills and ideas of our people. and you know, at the time the republican congress and a senate candidate by the name of mitt romney vote -- they said that bill clinton's plan would hurt the economy and kill jobs. does that sound familiar? that's what they said. it turns out their math was just as bad back then as it is now. because -- because by the end of bill clinton's second term, america had created 23 million new jobs and a incomes were up...
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deficits. debt. obama care. energy. all that just got wiped off the page for four or five days and that had the effect of getting everybody's mind off the election. that started over here in the last day or so. >> that is the funny thing about momentum. i'm sure you experience this, governor. one day you have it and the other day you don't but you can get it back. how lasting do you think the effect it on the romney campaign? >> nothing obama did broke romney's momentum. all the way through october obama would attack and attack and be very condescending. didn't help. in fact, it may have hurt him with women. but the blackout took all this off people's minds and now we are seeing who kind of gets the momentum back going. it is very, very close and the new york times i guess i shouldn't be surprised by what gets written in the "new york times" but almost every one of these battleground states the polling is within the margin of error. very few polls has obama got over 50% of the vote. normally a president in the last poll
deficits. debt. obama care. energy. all that just got wiped off the page for four or five days and that had the effect of getting everybody's mind off the election. that started over here in the last day or so. >> that is the funny thing about momentum. i'm sure you experience this, governor. one day you have it and the other day you don't but you can get it back. how lasting do you think the effect it on the romney campaign? >> nothing obama did broke romney's momentum. all the way...
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on reducing the deficit without burdening the middle- class? >> the big thing we have to do, we put together cap and balance which would cap the spending. we are spending $1 trillion more every year. we have to look at the baseball spending. there are billions of dollars. we talk about taxing millionaires and billionaires. where are we going to get the other twin dollars to balance the budget -- the other trillion dollars to balance the budget? if we put more regulations and taxes on american companies, they will either shut down or leave the country. we see it here in illinois all the time. the more people we put back to work, the more that are paying taxes, then we can pay toward the deficit. >> the same question to cheri bustos. >> i think the first step is to approach it in a balanced way. get rid of the tax cuts for the millionaires. that is a huge part of starting to balance this budget. the fact that congressman shilling is continuing to work so hard and is not willing to even take a look at that, that is a big part of the problem. yes,
on reducing the deficit without burdening the middle- class? >> the big thing we have to do, we put together cap and balance which would cap the spending. we are spending $1 trillion more every year. we have to look at the baseball spending. there are billions of dollars. we talk about taxing millionaires and billionaires. where are we going to get the other twin dollars to balance the budget -- the other trillion dollars to balance the budget? if we put more regulations and taxes on...
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we've got to reduce our deficit. i've got a trillion dollars worth of spending and we can do more. we're not just using it in tv ads and once you get in office, like dick cheney said, it doesn't matter. and then we have to ask the wealthiest americans to go back to the tax rates that they paid when president clinton was in office. and the reason is because budgets are about choices. as long as i'm president, i'm not going to turn in another voucher just to pay for another millionaire's tax cut. so, virginia, we know what change is. we know what the future requires. we know, also, that it won't be easy. i warned some of you. maybe you weren't believing me. i said real change isn't just about changing presidents or changing parties. it's about changing our politics. we've been shut out of democracy for too long. the protectors, the guardians of the status quo. and that status quo in washington has fought us every step of the way in the last four years. they spent millions of dollars from preventing us from reforming health care and wall street. they have had a strategy and gridlock i
we've got to reduce our deficit. i've got a trillion dollars worth of spending and we can do more. we're not just using it in tv ads and once you get in office, like dick cheney said, it doesn't matter. and then we have to ask the wealthiest americans to go back to the tax rates that they paid when president clinton was in office. and the reason is because budgets are about choices. as long as i'm president, i'm not going to turn in another voucher just to pay for another millionaire's tax cut....
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>> it's amazing to me that you can stand here having voted 4 trillion dollar deficits for the last of four years, the largest, fastest debt increase in american history and say we have to control spending. you've done nothing to control spending over the last four years. with respect to cut, cap, and balance, it's amazing to me that the idea of cutting wasteful spending, capping the ability of congress to spend money we don't have, and balancing the budget is extreme. i think it would force congress to set priorities and stop funding things like solyndra and to prioritize things like social security, medicare, and education. that's why i support a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. >> the race to succeed retiring new mexico senator akaka is just one of the key house or senate government races you can follow on c-span.org. -- house, senate, and governor races. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are highlighting key battleground states of campaign 2012. today we put a spotlight on iowa. joining us from des moines is a senior political writer with the associated pres
>> it's amazing to me that you can stand here having voted 4 trillion dollar deficits for the last of four years, the largest, fastest debt increase in american history and say we have to control spending. you've done nothing to control spending over the last four years. with respect to cut, cap, and balance, it's amazing to me that the idea of cutting wasteful spending, capping the ability of congress to spend money we don't have, and balancing the budget is extreme. i think it would...
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we're used to trillion dollar deficits. we have a national debt of $16 trillion, and we're facing a fiscal cliff where we could have the end of some tax cuts and sharp spending cuts in effect at the end of the year. all of that left us asking the question what do we do about it? lately, there's more and more talk could the two parties strike the grand bargain, and this grand bargain that they talk about is something like you might see with the simpson bowles commission where it's a policy that says we're going to have three dollars in spending cuts for every one dollar in tax revenue increases. we're going to cut tax rates, but eliminate popular deductions. we're going to cut entitlements. there's pain involved, but it could knock $4 trillion after the nation's dead. is there something like that, could you support that? thoompson: i want those plans on the table and my own. i want to put in the same thing when i was governor. put in a proposal that says every state agent had to take a 5% reduction and then be able to have a
we're used to trillion dollar deficits. we have a national debt of $16 trillion, and we're facing a fiscal cliff where we could have the end of some tax cuts and sharp spending cuts in effect at the end of the year. all of that left us asking the question what do we do about it? lately, there's more and more talk could the two parties strike the grand bargain, and this grand bargain that they talk about is something like you might see with the simpson bowles commission where it's a policy that...
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he said he was going to cut federal deficit in half. instead he doubled it. he said he was going to cut the unemployment rate to 5.2% by now. we learned on friday that it's 7.9%. that's 9 million jobs short of what he promised. employment is now higher than when barak obama took office. he promised that he would propose a solution for social security and medicare to keep them from going insolvency. but instead, he raided medicare $716 billion to pay for his obamacare. he said he would lower health premiums. instead, they're up by $3,000 a family. gasoline. the american family now pays $2,000 a year more for gasoline than when the president took office. (booing) he said he was going to work across the aisle on the most important issues. you know he has not met on the economy or on jobs or on the budget with either the republican leader of the house or the leader of the senate since july. instead of bridging the divide, he's made the divide wider. you wonder how it is that he's fallen so short of his promises? it's in part because he never led before. he never
he said he was going to cut federal deficit in half. instead he doubled it. he said he was going to cut the unemployment rate to 5.2% by now. we learned on friday that it's 7.9%. that's 9 million jobs short of what he promised. employment is now higher than when barak obama took office. he promised that he would propose a solution for social security and medicare to keep them from going insolvency. but instead, he raided medicare $716 billion to pay for his obamacare. he said he would lower...
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he said he'd cut the deficit. it hasn't happened. we have someone who is running for president who knows how to bring back jobs. he has the experience. he has the experience and the record nd he knows how to work with democrats and repubicansbls and that's why we need mitt romney to fix what's broken and bring back the american dream. i see a uaw member here in front of me. i will talk autos in a way that is straight talk. obama said a few things that, as he said, were "whoppers." he said, you wanted to take those companies through ban kruptcy. it was obama who took gm and chrysler through bankruptcy. it was mitt romney who did provide for loan guarantees. every fact-checker who looked has said that barack obama was wrong and was not telling the truth. this is what is most important, with the communities depending on autos. the policies that will be good for the auto industry, for the state of ohio. [applause] he wants sensible regulations, for the auto companies and to make sure we can get the auto companies on their feet and make s
he said he'd cut the deficit. it hasn't happened. we have someone who is running for president who knows how to bring back jobs. he has the experience. he has the experience and the record nd he knows how to work with democrats and repubicansbls and that's why we need mitt romney to fix what's broken and bring back the american dream. i see a uaw member here in front of me. i will talk autos in a way that is straight talk. obama said a few things that, as he said, were "whoppers." he...
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we need to take our $16 trillion deficit seriously. my opponents refusal to talk about the corporations to millionaires and billionaires, that blows another dollars trillion to our deficit. this is an ideal place where cuts are available and cuts are demanded by people. >> final question before we get to closing statements. it will be asked by our student body president. >> currently, congress has the lowest approval rating in history. many feel because of -- it is because of his partisan politics. what d.c. for us coming together to get things done? >> we have to have bipartisan solutions so we can move changes forward in washington d.c.. how do we do that? we send people like me who have a proven record of working in a bipartisan way to get things done. that is what i said. many in this district are democratic mayors and they support me. that is the way i will operate in washington. to be able to find those we can work with. we will be able to have leaders go in and lobby, be a person ready to make changes. go get more votes for what
we need to take our $16 trillion deficit seriously. my opponents refusal to talk about the corporations to millionaires and billionaires, that blows another dollars trillion to our deficit. this is an ideal place where cuts are available and cuts are demanded by people. >> final question before we get to closing statements. it will be asked by our student body president. >> currently, congress has the lowest approval rating in history. many feel because of -- it is because of his...
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change in which we reduce our deficit, and we can streamline agencies. we can get rid of programs that are not working, but if we are serious, we have to ask wealthy americans to go back to the tax rates they paid when bill clinton was in office. [applause] of budget is all about priorities. it is about what values do we care about. i am not going to turn medicare into a voucher to pay taxes. i am not going to allow this nation to be plunged into another battle over health-care reform and take millions of americans of health care and weaken the reforms we put in place, including making sure young people can stay on their parents' plan just so insurance companies can jump back into the driver's seat. by the way, i am not going to allow politicians in washington to control health-care choices women should make it by themselves. i am not going to do that. we are not going to go backwards. we are going to go for words. -- forwards. [applause] colorado, we know what change is. we know what the future requires. we do not need a big government agenda or a small
change in which we reduce our deficit, and we can streamline agencies. we can get rid of programs that are not working, but if we are serious, we have to ask wealthy americans to go back to the tax rates they paid when bill clinton was in office. [applause] of budget is all about priorities. it is about what values do we care about. i am not going to turn medicare into a voucher to pay taxes. i am not going to allow this nation to be plunged into another battle over health-care reform and take...
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he also said he would cut the deficit in half. he doubled it. he was going to get unemployment down to 5.2% right now. we just learned on friday it's up to 7.9%. >> earlier in the day, the candidate's wife, ann romney, visited the back of the campaign plane and handed out breakfast food to the reporters covering the race for the last year and a half. asked how she's feeling about the race, she said she's been touched by the people she's run across in the final weeks of the campaign. people have come up to her and told her about their struggles in this economy right now. as for this campaign, the way this is going to wrap up this weekend is that mitt romney is going to be heading off to ohio on sunday, and also pennsylvania, a battleground state, they believe they're now putting into play, and by the looks of it, it's getting more and more competitive as we head towards election day. jim acosta, cnn, dubuque, iowa. >> thanks so much, jim. not just the white house. democrats and republicans are waging a fierce fight for control of the u.s. house.
he also said he would cut the deficit in half. he doubled it. he was going to get unemployment down to 5.2% right now. we just learned on friday it's up to 7.9%. >> earlier in the day, the candidate's wife, ann romney, visited the back of the campaign plane and handed out breakfast food to the reporters covering the race for the last year and a half. asked how she's feeling about the race, she said she's been touched by the people she's run across in the final weeks of the campaign....
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we've had trillion dollar deficits each and every year. remember when he said he'd bring people together to solve the country's biggest problems? this is the third president i've served with, it's the most partisan atmosphere i've ever seen. look, look at john casey. i learned a lot from that man. i came in as a young guy in congress, under his leadership, working on the budgets committee. kind of basically following the same trail that he blazed. here's a guy who sees a problem and runs at the problem. that's what leadership is. that's what leaders do. we've got big problems. we don't want a president blaming somebody else for four years, we don't want a president ducking the toughish use, demagoguing the other party. we want a president who will lead and fix this mess in washington and run at our problems and solve our problems and get this country back on the right track. plagu[applause] >> so it's not enough for us to simply complain about the broken promises or to highlight the fact that president obama can't run on his record, so he'
we've had trillion dollar deficits each and every year. remember when he said he'd bring people together to solve the country's biggest problems? this is the third president i've served with, it's the most partisan atmosphere i've ever seen. look, look at john casey. i learned a lot from that man. i came in as a young guy in congress, under his leadership, working on the budgets committee. kind of basically following the same trail that he blazed. here's a guy who sees a problem and runs at the...
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when i came into office, governor mcdonnell closed the deficit without raising taxes. we rejected kaine's tax increase rejected 97-0 of the house of delegates and rejected his drastic cuts to northern virginia schools of $120 million. we reopen that the rest stops that he closed. government donald open them. -- governor mcdonnell opened them. and the billion dollars in transportation we went back to work force. george allen has a reputation for balancing budgets. he did not as governor ever tried to raise taxes. he was a leader in congress not taxing the internet. the internet is such a big part of virginia business and allowing it to thrive has been great and it is a great part of george allen's legacy. looking forward to having someone in there who would be a champion for our defense industry, a champion for our tech industry and able to cut budgets carefully without increasing taxes and being a partner for mr. romney who did it in massachusetts. if he could do it in massachusetts, he could do it anywhere. host: one of the co-chairs for romney for virginia campaign a
when i came into office, governor mcdonnell closed the deficit without raising taxes. we rejected kaine's tax increase rejected 97-0 of the house of delegates and rejected his drastic cuts to northern virginia schools of $120 million. we reopen that the rest stops that he closed. government donald open them. -- governor mcdonnell opened them. and the billion dollars in transportation we went back to work force. george allen has a reputation for balancing budgets. he did not as governor ever...
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especially on the debt and the deficit, the president's proposal was more realistic and it would have less of a shock to the system in the country and lead -- in that it would balance spending cuts. we like is more balanced approach to energy. we are in favor of obamacare. the editorial board was in favor of a public option so it did not go far enough for us. on social issues, immigration reform, women's rights, birth control, the editorial board aligns more with the president's policies. that is where we came down. we said that the voters are being asked by both candidates to take a leap of faith. given what we know about the previous four years, we decided that it was going to be an easier but to go with the president for four more. host: how many times have you seen president obama, governor romney, or their surrogates in your state? guest: president obama has been here eight times this year, governor romney has been here 6. paul ryan may be eligible to vote, he's been here that much. joe biden has been here once. we have had a lot of its from michelle obama. we have seen plenty of
especially on the debt and the deficit, the president's proposal was more realistic and it would have less of a shock to the system in the country and lead -- in that it would balance spending cuts. we like is more balanced approach to energy. we are in favor of obamacare. the editorial board was in favor of a public option so it did not go far enough for us. on social issues, immigration reform, women's rights, birth control, the editorial board aligns more with the president's policies. that...
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we know what will reduce the deficit. and let me tell you, what governor romney's offering sure ain't it. >> reporter: ohio still very close in the polling. rcp average got president obama up by two. a lot of argument bill offer who is winning and who is leading at least in the early voting. we won't find out how it goes until tuesday night or wednesday morning. bill: thank you, john roberts live in central ohio, just keys of the capital, columbus, ohio. martha. martha: more on that now. president obama has somewhat backed off of his claim in one-term in 2009. he said his presidency will depend on whether we would turn the economy around in the first term. here he is yesterday. >> we knew that our work would take more than one year or more than one term. face it the middle class was getting hammered long before the financial crisis hit. martha: just to compare his own words. that is not what he said back in 2009. listen to this. >> a year from now i think people are going to see that we're starting to make some progress b
we know what will reduce the deficit. and let me tell you, what governor romney's offering sure ain't it. >> reporter: ohio still very close in the polling. rcp average got president obama up by two. a lot of argument bill offer who is winning and who is leading at least in the early voting. we won't find out how it goes until tuesday night or wednesday morning. bill: thank you, john roberts live in central ohio, just keys of the capital, columbus, ohio. martha. martha: more on that now....